Crossword Puzzle Number 6945 (Small Grid)

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ACROSS

1. A caustic detergent useful for removing grease.
4. An island republic on Nauru Island.
9. A metal cleat on the bottom front of a horseshoe to prevent slipping.
13. A police officer who investigates crimes.
14. Typical geese.
15. On or toward the lee.
16. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
17. (Japanese) Rice (with raw fish) wrapped in seaweed.
18. Young sheep.
19. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
21. A summary that repeats the substance of a longer discussion.
23. Informal terms for a mother.
24. (folklore) Fairies that are somewhat mischievous.
25. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
26. Wild or seedling sweet cherry used as stock for grafting.
30. Alternatively, a member of the family Nymphaeaceae.
35. A unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters.
36. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
40. A light touch or stroke.
43. Genus of herbs of Eurasia and the Americas.
45. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
47. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
49. God of fire.
51. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
52. Open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart.
56. English monk and scholar (672-735).
60. The month following March and preceding May.
61. A member of an agricultural people of southern India.
64. The portion of the vertebrate nervous system consisting of the brain and spinal cord.
65. (used as a combining form) Recent or new.
66. A port city in southwestern Iran.
67. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus.

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1. A thrusting blow with a knife.
2. A Russian river.
3. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
4. Of or in or relating to the nose.
5. (Babylonian) The sky god.
6. A former communist country in eastern Europe and northern Asia.
7. Put a new heel on.
8. In or relating to or obtained from urine.
9. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
10. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
11. A subsidiary proposition that is assumed to be true in order to prove another proposition.
12. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
20. A game in which numbered balls are drawn and random and players cover the corresponding numbers on their cards.
22. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
27. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
28. In bed.
29. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
31. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
32. Airtight sealed metal container for food or drink or paint etc..
33. A religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery.
34. The cry made by sheep.
37. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
38. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
39. The state prevailing during the absence of war.
41. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
42. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
44. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
46. With the mouth wide open as in wonder or awe.
47. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
48. A genus of Ploceidae.
49. The bottom of a shoe or boot.
50. Roman Emperor notorious for his monstrous vice and fantastic luxury (was said to have started a fire that destroyed much of Rome in 64) but the Empire remained prosperous during his rule (37-68).
53. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
54. Something that hinders as if with bonds v 1.
55. A wound made by cutting.
57. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
58. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
59. A decree that prohibits something.
60. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
62. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
63. A public promotion of some product or service.

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